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Deep Motivations, Not Competencies, Drive Leadership Performance

The Empowered Buisness

Yet companies continue to invest in skills development only to be disappointed by little or no difference in performance. Satisfy the motive and you will manage the behavior. Effective managers are typically more oriented toward details, as are functions like quality control and accounting. Its companion pattern is Depth – ie.,,

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Mastering your Inner Game of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Starting in the 1960s, the late Harvard psychologist David McClelland and a group of researchers wanted to understand great leadership and why it matters. McClelland called these qualities ‘socialized’ power. We identify a gap or skill we want to strengthen, then set a goal and plan for closing the gap.

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Shifting from Star Performer to Star Manager

Harvard Business Review

Now, you’re going to be managing a team of high-performers in a division of your company that everyone’s buzzing about. You’re well aware that you’ll need to rely on your emotional intelligence skills to understand and work through your new team’s dynamics. Managing Yourself Book. Further Reading.

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Do You Have What It Takes to Help Your Team Be Creative?

Harvard Business Review

McClelland got the ball rolling in the 1970s. Invariably, we have learned that murky human performance categories like sales ability and leadership can be broken down into skill sets that are not only measurable; they are also trainable. Manages surroundings: Surrounds oneself with diverse and novel physical and social stimuli.

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Leadership Is About to Get More Uncomfortable

Harvard Business Review

This requires new skills and mindsets. But hierarchies are flattening as power moves away from top internal management and toward employees and a proliferation of external stakeholders. All leaders will see life become more chaotic and overwhelming, and their struggles and management will be more visible than ever.

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Office Politics Is Just Influence by Another Name

Harvard Business Review

At best, such confidence is grounded in self-awareness, self-management, and a desire to move people for the good of all. The combination of emotional intelligence and, what the late great David McClelland, called socialized power , can result in influence strategies that make people enjoy working together toward common goals.

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The Leadership Vacuum | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

When I ran the Talent Management division of a large global consulting firm after I left GE, I realized that these consultants were working from concepts that were academic vs. real life. Unless you've actually been in the shoes of your clients, I don't think you have a right to advise them. the hard work of being a leader 2.

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